Suicidal man saves drowning man

In bizarre twist of fate, a man who was about to commit suicide by jumping off London Bridge has indirectly saved the life of another man stranded in the River Thames.

Last Wednesday night witnesses called police after they saw the suicidal man teetering at the edge of the iconic landmark.

But when a lifeboat was called to the scene as a precaution, the crew were faced with a different man struggling to stay afloat in the water.

According to emergency crews the man was "dangerously close" to disappearing below the surface and had developed severe hypothermia.

"Although he seemed alert and spoke to us, he was apologetic and wasn't sure who he was or how he came to be in the river.

"Chances are if it hadn’t been for the lifeboat crew launching to the original incident he never would have been spotted and would have drowned. He was incredibly fortunate," lifeboat crew member Toni Scarr told the Telegraph.co.uk.

Police also arrived on the bridge just in time and managed to coax the suicidal man to safety.